There is no question about the fact that we had very serious disagreements with my German, French, and Russian colleagues over the Iraq war. But I never stopped talking.

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds.

You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.

Be careful what you choose: You may get it.

The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.

Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of the matter is we do rely on imported oil to fuel our economy and to fuel our nation.